Anyone had Lasik surgery on their eyes? I'm scared they will mess up and I go blind?

Answer 1

I would be scared too. I would reccommend not doing it. Your eyes are too delicate & important to risk.

my mom has had Lasik 3 times now, and Wavefront, and still wears glasses. They messed up her eyes bad... it isn't that common, but it happened to her. She can see, but after like $5,000-- she's in the same boat she was in before Lasik.

Also, the proceedure is weird, you should hear her explain it. She wishes she was prepared for the proceedure and she would have thought twice about getting it done.

You're eyes are held open by rings, and you can't blink what-so-ever, so they get dry. Then there is bright flashing/blinking lights, really bright. (She said "Alien abduction" like) and your eyes are vibrating back and forth really fast.

but they give you free juice.. so you might consider..
good luck-- I wouldn't.

p.s. her final surgery was about 8 months ago, her first being about 1.5 years ago.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

To have it done, you've got to be prepared to take a risk.
A risk at very good odds, but a risk nonetheless.
Without any issue of malpractice or negligence, somewhere between 1 and 5% of people have signoficants problems, leaving then with anything from annoying side effects or severly impaired vision.

That's a very low casualty rate unless it happens to you, in which case the casualty rate is 100%.

And everyone takes risks: every time you're in a motor car you're taking a risk (It's almost the biggest risk teenagers face!) but most people either dont realise that, believe "it wont happen to them" or accept the possible danger in return for the likely benefit.
In laser treatment too, these categories seem to apply.

"Pretty safe" is true, but not a cast iron-iron certainty.
As the FDA site puts it:
"You are probably NOT a good candidate for refractive surgery if:
You are not a risk taker...."

Answer 4

i had it done and it was the best money I ever spent. I had to have it done twice though - the first time didn't quite get me to 20/20 - I got to 20/40 which, after being 20/20 with contacts, was hard to deal with. The 2nd procedure was fast and within 2 hours the difference was incredible - I was SO happy. My night vision took a while to resolve though - I had starbursts and halos probably for about a year but now I dont notice them too much. My eyesight was Horrible - prescription was 5.5 or 6.0. It is so awesome to not have to deal with contacts and to be able to see perfectly. It was worth the complications that did resolve. I recommend it!!
The procedure itself is definitely freaky but it was 99% painless, and they give you valium before hand. Its pretty fast. IMHO I'd rather have lasik than get a root canal. Easier than the dentist - faster too.

Answer 5

my mom had the procedure done 2 years ago and it still work very well.. i am getting my eyes done soon also, cant stand wearing contacts any longer. If you do good research on picking out a good doctor then you shoudnt worry. You see right away after it is done. Procedure should only take a couple minutes (my mom's was 50 seconds per eye) and according to her it didnt hurt at all. But if you're not sure then wearing contact is fine as long as ur happy with it. good luck with the decision.

Answer 6

a friend had it a couple of months ago and his surgery was a success and he is very happy with the results.. i watched the surgery from outside.. it was pretty neat.. takes about 20 minutes (excluding the preparation time which was 30-40 minutes).. there is really no recovery time.. you only have to be careful about not exposing your eyes to sunlight for the first 14 days after surgery and not exposing them directly to water (splashing, swimming, etc.) for 3 months after surgery..

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Answer 7

I'm in my late 40s and would never consider it now. I like how I can still see close up without glasses and I would lose that ability if I got laser surgery. If I were 20 to 25 years younger, maybe, but not now.

Answer 8

i had three retinal detachment surgeries on my eye. (i would have gone blind in my eye without the surgery!) so lasik surgery is not really the same thing..getting some surgery to improve your eye is not as extensive as getting surgery to prevent a blindness. eye surgeons have done these surgeries so many times that they really know what they are doing.
i seriously doubt anything wrong will happen.

Answer 9

no the lasik does all the work.it will take you about 1 hour for them to measure your eyes ,them will check them out and if you can have lazik will then tell you,if you can they will make you an appointment .the information they got from looking at your eyes will be feed into lazik machine it will do all the work.the lazik machine will cut both of your eye lens and them reshape them and the doctor will put lens back and have you read eyechart my eyes where 200% better this takes about 15 minutes.simple.and you can go watch this before you have it done cheap isn,t always the best answer.my doctor updates machine all the time to get most current info.this is one of the best things i have ever done.good luck.

Answer 10

do some research, there is a percentage where the operation is not successful. i personally met a woman at an optometry store picking out eyeframes that was wearing coke-bottle lenses, and cursing to heaven the doctor that had worsened her eyesight. moreover, if you're trying to correct near-sightedness, lasik is but a temporary fix an then your eyes changes at middle age. but, you're young, go for it. afterwards, get that tattoo you've always wanted.